Cornelius C. Vermeule (1785-1859)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00413
Given Name
Cornelius C.
Family Name
Vermeule
Alternate Name
Vermule
Ver Meule
Birth Date
1785
Death Date
1859
Sex
Male
Occupation
Religious
Teaching
Biographical Description
The Rev. Cornelius C. Vermeule was a Dutch Reformed minister and the son of Revolutionary War Captain Cornelius Vermeule Jr. (1757-1824). He graduated from Queen's College (later Rutgers University) in 1812. After receiving his degree, he served as a tutor at Queen's in 1812-1814, and was the professor of languages in 1814-1815. He then left New Brunswick and became the pastor of the Harlem Reformed Church in 1816.

He was an enslaver. During the time when he taught at Queen's College, he sold a Black man named Prince to John Neilson.

He was the first cousin of Dr. John Vermeule whose house in Green Brook Township is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Rutgers University history
clergy
Places
Harlem, New York, New York
New Brunswick
Organization
Rutgers University
Relationship to Rutgers
Alumnus 1812
Instructor (1812-1815)
Enslaver of
Prince (b. 1792)
Child of
Cornelius Vermeule (1757-1824)
References

Vermeule, Cornelius C. “Vermeule Family.” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 13, no. 3 (July 1927). http://www.digitalantiquaria.com/Free/V.pdf

Tilton, Edgar Jr. The Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem Organized 1660: Historical Sketch. New York: Published by the Consistory, 1910. http://archive.org/details/reformedlowdutch00tilt

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Jesse Bayker
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  • Bill of Sale for Prince, sold by Cornelius C. Vermeule to John Neilson (Bill of Sale for Prince, sold by Cornelius C. Vermeule to John Neilson, May 25, 1815. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Neilson Family Papers, 1768-1908 (MC 933). Box 4, Folder 45: J & J Neilson - Papers relating to purchase of slaves.)
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